>Climate and topography are a weak excuse. Pittsburgh is similar enough to Seattle in those features, yet has a thriving bike share program started by our ultra progressive mayor, Mr. Peduto.
>Peduto had the foresight to open up bike lanes all over town, in spite of the hassle it would cause motorists.
The difference between the 2 programs is the type of people leaving in living in those cities. You can’t have bike sharing when minority groups are just going to wreak or steal the bikes.
Given this proposition and demographics, it would be more likely that it would fail in Pittsburgh than in Seattle, so it must be something else...